Bhubaneswar: Veteran CPM leader and former Bhubaneswar MP Shivaji Patnaik passed away today.
The senior leader breathed his last today afternoon while undergoing treatment for old age-related illness in a private hospital. He was 92, family sources said.
The departed communist leader was elected to Lok Sabha from Bhubaneswar in 1977, 1989, and 1991.